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Woodbridge, NJ

The Harmony Foundation has rented space at 600 Meadowlands Parkway for a medical marijuana dispensary. Construction work is underway while they work through the state application process, which requires both a permit to grow and a permit to dispense product.The Hudson Reporter, Sun, Mar 1 2015 @ 01:17 AM

A large section of a popular Sayreville strip mall was destroyed early on Feb. 26 after a fire ripped through the building, ravaging at least two businesses and damaging several others. The Sayreville Fire Department responded around 5:30 a.m. to 881 Main St. for a reported light smoke condition.FireHouse.com, Tue, Mar 3 2015 @ 12:20 PM

SOUTH PLAINFIELD - John Angeline, the South Plainfield High School English teacher arrested Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old, has been suspended with pay from his teaching duties, says the district superintendent. "The South Plainfield District is cooperating with the South Plainfield Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office," said Thomas Gialanella Tuesday.NJ.com, Tue, Mar 3 2015 @ 12:18 PM

A federal safety investigation, launched after a worker at a South Brunswick company suffered an electrical shock, has resulted in citations for ten serious violations, authorities said. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration had cited Seldat Distribution Inc., at 15 Thatcher Road, in the Dayton section of town, for violations that include blocked exits and electrical hazards, authorities said.Patch.com, Tue, Mar 3 2015 @ 03:52 PM

A Woodbridge-based school bus company last year agreed to pay $45,000 to a former employee to resolve allegations that it discriminated against her by firing her after learning about her mental-health related disability, according to a state Attorney General's Office news release. That agreement was among $2.2 million in settlement payments obtained last year by the state's Division on Civil Rights on behalf of alleged discrimination victims.Patch.com, Tue, Mar 3 2015 @ 01:50 PM

For nearly 60 years, the tap water in East Brunswick has been treated with fluoride, a tooth cavity-fighting mineral. But the fluoride will run dry this spring after Mayor David Stahl came out against it, adopting the vocabulary of anti-fluoride activists by calling fluoridation a "mass medication of the public."Courier News, Mon, Mar 2 2015 @ 09:22 PM

The 21-year-old Highland Park native is now a fitness instructor in the Israel Defense Forces, training special forces, and a champion weightlifter who won her first major championship by lifting 265 pounds. "I'm really good at what I do," said Moyal in a phone interview with NJJN from Israel.New Jersey Jewish News, Mon, Mar 2 2015 @ 03:57 PM